As HR Legalist predicted when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the proposed rule in September 2022, the pendulum of federal labor and employment law has once again swung in an employee-friendly direction....more
10/30/2023
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After only a few days in the White House, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have already made notable changes to the leadership of federal agencies that administer the nation’s labor and employment...more
2/3/2021
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This week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) released the final version of its new standard for the test to be used in determining whether workers are jointly-employed by affiliated businesses (like in scenarios with...more
2/28/2020
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On April 9, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at clarifying the circumstances under which a business can be classified as a joint employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
As predicted by HR Legalist earlier this year, the new Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has begun to reverse key labor rulings established during the Obama administration. On December 14, 2017, the...more
As covered earlier by HR Legalist, the Trump Administration was expected to make changes to labor and employment law through appointments to federal agencies, including the EEOC and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)....more
The Labor Relations & Employment Law Department at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP will be hosting an interactive panel discussion covering key issues and trending topics that will impact employers’ practices and...more
On August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) diverged from three decades of precedent by broadening the reach of its joint-employer test in a decision involving Browning-Ferris Industries (“BFI”), a waste...more
10/9/2015
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